Russell Leng taught full-time at Middlebury for 40 years, before retiring in 2007. He continues to teach an advanced seminar each spring term at Middlebury, and during the January term at the Monterey ...

Stephen Snyder joined the Japanese Studies department at Middlebury in 2005 and became Dean of Language Schools in 2014. His research focuses on modern and contemporary Japanese fiction, translation ...

Motoko Tabuse, Director, School of Japanese. Outside the classroom, you’ll participate in organized cocurricular activities to help you build new vocabulary.

Laura Burian, Professor of Chinese/English translation and interpretation and C.V. Starr Professor in Linguistics and Language, earned her MA in Chinese Translation and Interpretation program at the ...

This is the core course of the International and Global Studies major. It is an introduction to key international issues and problems that will likely feature prominently in their courses at ...

Rebecca Kneale Gould is a scholar, writer and environmental advocate. She served for eight years as a tenured Associate Professor of Religion at Middlebury College and now holds the position of ...

Kirsten K. Coe is a plant ecophysiologist, focusing on how environmental stress shapes plant performance and growth, and in turn how plant responses influence ecosystem level processes. She uses ...

News Stories Alum’s Chai Start-Up Has Personal Roots and a Sustainable Vision August 7, 2025 | by Mark C. Anderson Ani Joshi leverages skills she built at the Middlebury Institute to create the only ...

American Autobiography: The Promise of America The promise of America, to paraphrase Tocqueville, may be said to involve securing equality in freedom and overcoming slavery and its legacy. Jay Parini ...

Matthew Dickinson, Professor of Political ScienceThe American Presidency This course examines the development and modern practice of presidential leadership. Focus is on presidential decision-making, ...

David Wick has worked in international education since 1988. His experience includes leading study abroad efforts at a youth exchange organization, Arkansas State University, San Francisco State ...

Heekyeong Lee, ProfessorThis seminar provides language teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the challenges of becoming language teacher supervisors. It examines current models of, ...